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• How high do the branches grow?


• Can you walk underneath the tree or do the branches droop to the ground?  


• Does the foliage have a sparse habit – allowing some filtered sunlight through or is it dense, and therefore dark underneath?  


• What is the full grown height, width, architectural form and shape of the tree?  


• What are the tolerance factors of moisture, heat, cold, drought, pH, salinity, space and light?   

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aka Titoki or New Zealand Oak

Outstanding NZ native that forms a handsome spreading tree. Large, glossy, light green dissected foliage. Sprays of rusty red woolly flowers appear in summer followed by scarlet berries with jet black seeds. Will grow in quite exposed conditions but protect from harsh frost. Evergreen.

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Rosea is a popular tree for its abundance of large mainly red flowers that cover the tree in late winter and early spring. Rosea develops an open spreading crown, once the tree is established. It is quite drought and lime tolerant and moderately salt tolerant and also adapts really well to wetter climates. Evergreen

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These giant silver proteas are beautiful trees with light-reflecting, silky, silver leaves. An erect ornamental tree, with a stout trunk and thick grey bark. They are at their most silver in hot, dry weather, when the hairs on the leaves lie flat to protect the leaves from drying out.

Avoid fertilisers but will respond well to compost or peat.

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aka Southern Magnolia

A very handsome evergreen specimen tree with dark green glossy leaves that have a brown under-felt. The flowers are magnificent: Cupped, creamy, fragrant and large. They appear in late summer. Easy to grow and quite hardy. Matures to a pyramidal shape, worthy of the space to grow unhindered.

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aka Laurel Magnolia

Grandiflora. This tree is definitely in my top 10! Always looks good, tolerates just about any conditions. Glossy green leaves accented with a bronze under felt, large creamy white blooms that are softly fragrant. Wonderful as a single specimen or as an avenue planting.

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aka Irish Yew

Large, bushy, upright evergreen shrub, columnar when young. As the plant ages it becomes broader, with erect shoots bearing radially arranged, dark green leaves.

The Latin 'fastigiata' literally means erect branches growing close together; columnar;upright.

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aka Thuja

Upright, narrow columnar habit, useful where space is limited and height is desired. Gives a strong vertical line, accentuating driveways, entrances and formal plantings. Bright green foliage with bronze tones in the winter. Well worth planting. A possible xmas tree option. Hardy and evergreen.